Go For Education

John Thompson and others who are against Proposition 42, which requires minimum standards for lower-income athletes entering college, are missing the boat.

A great percentage of these athletes try to enter college not to get a good education, which will help them to compete in the real world, but to hope to be selected in a future N.B.A. draft.

The joke is that only a small percentage of these athletes will ever be selected in these drafts.

Thus it seems that it is far more important for a good athlete to apply for entrance to a college for educational reasons than for future athletic aspirations, which are longshot possibilities at the most. It is also important to be able to meet minimal college entrance requirements.